July 08, 1905

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Features

The Canal from Pittsburg to the Lakes

The United States and the Command of the Pacific

Safety on the Sea

New Electric Railroads

Electric Railway Developments

By Horace T. Eddy

Feathered Flying Machines

By W. E. Irish

The Improved Gruhn Telautograph

By Alfred Gradenwitz

Sea Strength of the Naval Powers

Ancient Chaldean Remains Found in Recent Excavations

By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American

The Leap-Frog Railway

Folding Canoes and Jointed Oars

By Emile Guarini

Two Pairs of Interlocked Deer Horns

A Convenient Pipe Coupling

A Novel Wave Motor

Patent Department - July 8, 1905

Glass-Framing Attachment for Window Sashes

Business and Personal Wants - July 8, 1905

Departments

Departments

Correspondence - July 8, 1905

Recently Patented Inventions - July 8, 1905

Notes and Queries - July 8, 1905

Index of Inventions - July 8, 1905

New Books, Etc. - July 8, 1905

Patents - July 8, 1905

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